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Greetings,
We are not only believers in Christ, we are the testimony of Christ in our world. Our world is not merely the world we can naturally see, it includes the realm of the spirit connected to our world that we cannot naturally see. It is for this reason that we have been given the testimony of Christ. It is for what we can see and for what we cannot see.
Ephesians 3:10 …to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, 11 according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12 in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.
The testimony of Christ is a testimony of life. That life is not just the life of being blessed, it is the life of being a blessing to our world. We are called in Christ to affect our world in a life-giving way. It is light that subdues darkness. It is healing that subdues sickness. It is life that subdues death. It is Christ that subdues anti-Christ. This is the destiny of mankind in the restoration of all things in Christ. For this reason, leaders must lead others to know God and the testimony of His life. This is the testimony of His amazing grace! This is not a new plan, but a furtherance of God’s plan from the foundations of the earth. Jesus didn’t just come to give us the blessing of going to heaven when we die. He came to give us a restored destiny as the eternal Eve (the body of Christ) in relationship with our eternal Adam (Jesus Christ the headship of all that is found in Christ). The witnesses of this is not just what exists in the world we can naturally see. It is the evidence of the world that cannot be seen naturally.
Hebrews 12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24 to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
The world as we see it naturally, is connected to the world that we can only see supernaturally. Not only do we deal with principalities, powers, rule, and spiritual hosts of darkness, we have access to various levels of spiritual assistance of light. Angels are ministering spirits sent to those who are the sons of God and inheritors of Christ’s salvation. Our focus is not angels, nor is it upon the realm of the supernatural. Our focus is on Christ and the fruit is seen as a partnership with the realm of the spirit.
Psalms 103:19 The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all. 20 Bless the LORD, you His angels, who excel in strength, who do His word, heeding the voice of His word. 21 Bless the LORD, all you His hosts, you ministers of His, who do His pleasure. 22 Bless the LORD, all His works, in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!
Hebrews 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?
As the body of Christ, we are sent ones to our world by the empowerment of the sent Holy Spirit in our lives. It is for this reason that the wisdom of God is made manifest in the body of Christ. Our obedience in Christ subdues all that is disobedient to the testimony of Christ. As was seen in the testimony of Jacob, angels ascend and descend to bring to us all that we need for each and every season of being the dwelling place of God in the earth.
Genesis 28:12 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
Jacob went to sleep on the rock, and he dreamed a dream. He saw a ladder that was on the earth but extended to heaven. The bottom was on the earth and extended to heaven. He saw angels ascending on the ladder and then descending upon the ladder. Those angels were bringing things from heaven to the place where Jacob was sleeping. This is the testimony of the gate of heaven in the earth!
We can know that in Christ we have access to heavenly realities that can change the natural world in which we live. As leaders we lead others to know this truth and to live their lives with a full access to the realm of the spirit by the empowerment of Holy Spirit in our lives. Christ in us is the hope of glory! That glory is the testimony of the God’s kingdom influence and His will being done in our world.
Food For Thought,
Ted J. Hanson.
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